Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Public International Law · July/August 2012
July/August 2012 · Public International Law · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) II - Year IV - Semester Examination, July / August 2012
Subject: LAW
PAPER - II: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Code: 1020 | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Write short notes on any FIVE of the following:
1. Custom as a Source of International Law.
2. Theory of Monism.
3. State Recognition.
4. Extradition.
5. Five Freedoms of Air.
6. Security Council.
7. Specialized Agencies.
8. Continental Shelf.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) [Note: Part B could not be reliably located in the source
photographs and has been omitted rather than risk misattributing questions from a
neighbouring paper.] — Answer any TWO of the following:
13. A diplomatic agent committed a traffic offence. Can the local court try him in the state where he
is functioning?
14. X, a state, discovered an island. Its flag is hoisted there. Later, after a few years, officials of state
Y built official premises on the island and began to administer the local people. X contested that the
presence of Y on the island is illegal because the island belongs to it.
15. Due to the negligence of state X, a chemical factory leaked lethal gas due to which two nationals
of the neighbouring state Y died. After many years of acquiescence, is X liable?
16. X used to allow Y to show a different line of demarcation of the boundary between X and Y ,
though according to their bilateral treaty the agreed boundary line was different, and Y objected.
What could be the defence of Y?